White House Down (2013)

White House Down Synopsis

In Columbia Picturesí White House Down, Capitol Policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). †Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. †Now, with the nationís government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx should have opened up one of this summerís biggest movies. Both actors are big names in the business, and they had The Amazing Spider-Manís James Vanderbilt and big budget guru Roland Emmerich to put together the film, as well. While the movie didnít manage to dominate the box office, itís still a fun but frilly movie that's short on surprises but long on fun.

White House Down had a June release, which means we should expecting the home entertainment release pretty soon. This week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced the action flick will be hitting Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital, but the set might be coming a wee bit later than fans may have anticipated. White House Down will hit homes on November 5.

But now, fellow Americans, we have the chance to make up for our past mistakes. It's a holiday weekend, and at some point after the barbecue is eaten and the sunburn is acquired, you might want to go to the movies. Need more encouragement? Listen up, military men and women. Today, July 4, all active military personnel and veterans get free tickets to see White House Down-- and you get a plus-one!

Katey and Sean-- who have already, full disclosure, declared their love for the movie in front of the actual White House-- try to figure it out below. Do we blame Olympus Has Fallen? The Heat? Is it all Channing Tatum's fault? Help us solve the mystery

Usually in movies you can threaten to endanger the lives of children or dogs, but never show either of them in anything close to resembling real peril. But White House Down, despite being a pretty lighthearted and massively entertaining action movie, really goes for it when it comes time for a little girl to stand up for herself-- and the life of the President-- to a terrorist who has a gun to her head

Emmerich is a man full of surprises, even if you've grown up on his movies like Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow and think you know all there is about the king of disaster movies. He's a soft-spoken, extremely friendly guy who seems to love his work, getting just as excited about uncovering the secret identity of Shakespeare as a car chase on the lawn of the White House

Above you can watch my conversation with Tatum and Foxx, in which I ask them about the secret to their bromance-- it involves Foxx taking over a DJ booth at a party in Mexico-- and why Tatum risks his neck over and over again on the set to make sure that he does his own stunts. Foxx-- a smart veteran of the movie business-- says he's perfectly happy to let his stunt double earn his paycheck

Channing Tatum... Jamie Foxx... Sandra Bullock... Melissa McCarthy... Those were the big names being tossed around television and internet commercials this week, but they didn't grab as much attention as two others: Mike and Sully.

Alright, people, I don't know what else we can possibly give you. It's just before the Fourth of July, and you need something to see at the movies. Roland Emmerich, the guy who brought you Independence Day is back, and he's once again blowing up the White House. And the Capitol. And he's got Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx (as the President, for God's sake!) running around trying to stop the terrorists who did it

When you're brought to Washington D.C. for a movie called White House Down, and given the chance to step in front of a very fancy camera that right in front of the actual White House-- come on, are you going to say no? Sean and I weren't ready to do the traditional kind of "stand-up," usually reserved for TV interviews on the scene of whatever junket they're attending, but in classic laid-back Cinema Blend style, we used the very fancy cameras to record a video blog review of the movie we were there in Washington to see

An average cop named John McClane-- no, sorry, John Cale-- is the only person left in Nakatomi Plaza-- sorry, we mean The White House-- who can help save the hostages-- oh, and the President!-- in this weekend's new action thrilled Die H-- White House Down. Yes, White House Down

To my fan(s) out there, I apologize. This Rotten Week comes out every single Sunday without fail. Except when I go away for the weekend, forget my computer, have a lousy internet connection on a friendís comp and leave for home seven hours later than expected. Then TRW hits the internet on Monday. Better late than never, though, as this week weíve got female buddy cops and the White House going down (again).

We've been pretending for months now that this February's A Good Day to Die Hard never actually happened, and it's about to get a whole lot easier to let amnesia protect the memory of John McClane. Well, really, it's Channing Tatum who will be doing it. In this new four-minute trailer for White House Down, you can see more of what's been promised by months

It stands just over six feet tall, is stretched 40 inches longer than an average SUV, and is about a foot wider than most vehicles. The wheels have a 36-inch diameter, which is equal to that of a semi truck. Itís bullet-proof, missile-proof and damned near impenetrable Ė or at least itís made to look that way.

Iron Man 3 is an enormous hit right now, nearing $1 billion at the worldwide box office and ruling the American charts for the second weekend in a row. The Great Gatsby opened just last week and managed to stun nearly everybody by making $51 million. Summer movies are there to entertain us, sure, but they're really all about the money, and even more than we want to know the true identity of Star Trek's villain or what's really going on in Edgar Wright's The World's End

Star Channing Tatum showed that he has a knack for playing a funny hero with his performance in 21 Jump Street, and I have to say I enjoyed what we see from him here. The talking he does to himself before running into the library is very John McClane-esque...

As we spoke, I as struck by how present he was, even when asked questions he'd surely heard before. Nothing he said felt rehearsed, and he seemed freshly excited and sincere as we talked about his amazing year, his hopes for his biggest action role to date, and what he has in mind for 2013. Basically, it was easy to see why so many filmmakers are fighting for his attention.

It was a chilly day in September when a small team of bloggers (including myself) strode into the White House up in Montreal. Okay, so it wasn't the real White House, but the makers of that other Die Hard at the White House movie defy you to notice the difference as they barrel audiences through their high-octane action-adventure.

With that real quote from Abraham Lincoln, White House Down has planted its flag as the next thriller set inside the White House that will get audiences flocking to theaters. Coming just two days after Olympus Has Fallen's big box office weekend, the trailer establishes its own mythic tone, using the Lincoln quotes and a whole lot of impressive shots of Washington in chaos to prove its potential

Our own Katey Rich snapped a photo of the new one-sheet at a movie theater this afternoon, and it's timing couldn't be less surprising. Not only did Olympus Has Fallen debut in theaters last weekend, but the first trailer for White House Down is set to debut this afternoon ay 7:00pm EST/4:00pm PST.

Olympus Has Fallen is celebrating a pretty stellar weekend at the box office, coming in a respectable second place against The Croods and making $30 million in a single weekend, the best opening star Gerard Butler has had since 300.

The Year of Channing Tatum, which is what I'm pretty sure we'll call 2012 in the history books when all things are said and done, looks to continue handily next year, both thanks to the delay of G.I. Joe: Retaliation (which was added to include more of Tatum, believe it or not) and White House Down, in which he plays a Secret Service agent valiantly defending

Entertainment Tonight, those famous ruiners of new trailers who can't seem to stop talking over whatever content they're given, are a little less disastrous when they're merely visiting the set of a movie. So while you have to cope with a lot of talking heads and frozen smiles of blond anchors, you can also now get your chance to see Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx and Roland Emmerich together

Since playing the role of the villainous vampire Victoria in the first two Twilight films, Rachelle Lefevre has appeared in a number of feature films in addition to a couple of short-lived TV dramas. It looks as though she has her sights set on the big screen once again as she's been cast in two projects, one of which will have her playing Channing Tatum's ex-wife.

Summer of last year was the battle of the in-development Snow White projects. Both Universal Pictures and Relativity Media had movies about the fairy tale princess in the works and both were rushed through production to try and beat the other to the box office. Part of this battle was a release date shift.

Fox had a solid series on its hands in the Shawn-Ryan-created cop drama The Chicago Code. Unfortunately, the 2011 Midseason show didn't earn the ratings it deserved, and it failed to receive a Season 2 order. On the bright side, Fox's loss was ABC's gain, as Ryan has since moved on to create Last Resort, which premieres on ABC this fall.

Joey King is certainly building up quite a resume. Among her recent roles, she played Ramona Quimby in Ramona and Beezus, and the part of Amanda Peet's daughter in the under-appreciated NBC comedy Bent. And those who saw The Dark Knight Rises caught a peek of her there as well-- without spoiling anything, you may remember her as a talented climber. Coming up, she'll be getting in on the action for Roland Emmerich's White House Down.

Despite being German-born, filmmaker Roland Emmerich has made arguably the most patriotic American action movie of all time with Independence Day. Since then, however, he's stumbled with clunky epics like Godzilla and The Day After Tomorrow. But with rumors of Independence Day 2 brewing, and his return to Washington D.C.-set thriller, White House Down, Emmerich seems primed for a revitalization!

If things work out, Roland Emmerich may eventually have his hands full with the talked about Independence Day sequel. In the meantime, from the sound of it, his next feature project takes place entirely on earth, with no mentioned aliens in its description. Written by James Vanderbilt, White House Down follows a secret service agent who sets out to defend the president when a paramilitary group invades the White House and takes hostages.

In Independence Day German filmmaker Roland Emmerich blew up the White House, but saved the American president so that the character could go on to deliver one of the most stirring addresses of movie history! In his next action-packed thriller White House Down, Emmerich has 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue under siege and the president trapped within its luxurious walls.

Foxx is clearly an actor with a ton of range, and while the lead role in Django will probably give him plenty of chances to show it off, it probably won't hurt either to take on a role that's completely and totally different for his next effort

Who would have thought that 2012 was going to be the year of Channing Tatum? Okay, it's a bit of an exaggeration, but the star who was once considered nothing more than a less talented Josh Hartnett clone has really had a fantastic start to the year with a supporting turn in Steven Soderbergh's Haywire as well as his hilarious and charismatic performance in the surprisingly stellar 21 Jump Street (not to mention the box office success of The Vow).

Roland Emmerich is largely known as the director of the epic movie, but recently he has started to change his tone. While he'll likely always be known as the director of films like Independence Day, 2012, Godzilla, and The Day After Tomorrow, his latest title, Anonymous, was a smaller story about the William Shakespeare conspiracy.